Major diaspora orgs are de-proscribed, while dozens of Tamils remain on ‘terror’ list

The Sri Lankan government has de-proscribed 8 out of the 16 organisation, while 155 individuals remain proscribed, out of the original 424.

In a gazette notification dated November 20, the government amended the list it initially published in March last year.

Proscribed

De-proscribed

LTTE

British Tamil Forum

Tamil Coordinating Committee

Canadian Tamil Congress

Tamil Rehabilitation Organisation

Australian Tamil Congress

World Tamil Movement

Global Tamil Forum

Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam

National Council of Canadian Tamils

Tamil Eelam People’s Assembly

Tamil National Council

World Tamil Relief Fund

Tamil Youth Organisation

Headquarters Group

World Tamil Coordinating Committee

The gazette notification describes the proscribed groups as being involved in terrorism related activities and financing terrorism. However, some of those groups, including the Tamil Coordinating Committee and the Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam are not banned in any of the countries that they operate in, including in North America and Europe.

The document claims that there have been three “clear resurgence attempts” by the LTTE, between 2012 and 2014, with “assistance from pro-LTTE groups operating overseas”.